Why some prefer a title over God's name (tetragrammaton)?

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// okay, i see that some people for an “odd” reason do “not” like God’s Holy Divine name (tetragrammaton) Yahweh and prefer a “title”…i would like to know why??? what is your reason to not like “your” Father’s name???
 
The Jews and now Catholics (especially Benedict XVI) didn’t make up that rule about not pronouncing YHVH or YHWH to alienate you.

It was a very ancient name of God, going back to the oldest parts of the Bible (and its traditions).

The fact is, the name was used fairly often, in Genesis for example, but the suggestion of the commentaries is that God had not revealed the meaning of that Name.

After a while, when the wilderness Temple was being used, and maybe into the time of the other Temples, the name was used by the high priests, and then only on the Day of Atonement, when they entered the Holy of Holies.

It got so, even they forgot how to pronounce it. Recall, Hebrew does not have any vowels, as you probably know. Tetragrammaton means the four consonants. It would be profane not to pronounce the Holy Name correctly, so the Jews used to say Adonai instead.

Now, nobody knows what Adonai means exactly, although it is given the traditional translation of “the LORD” with Lord in all capitals to signify the tetragrammaton. It has other traditional translations, such as “the Almighty.” It may be derived from words that may mean “the rock” or “the mountain” in their literal meaning.

Some Jews do not even use the word Adonai,for the reason given above, and may use the word hashem (“name”) instead.

Baruch Hashem! Blessed be the Name of the Lord!

We don’t want to disobey the commandment to use the name of the Lord in vain.

Supposedly there are 72 names or titles of God in the OT. Maybe the Divine purpose is that “in the fullness of time” we would learn the only name we need to know and use, and that is the holy name of Jesus (“God is salvation”). We are told in the NT that there is only one name under heaven by which we are saved.
 
Should kids call their teachers by their first name?
Should interviewers call the president by his first name?
Should we call our father by his first name?
Should we call our Father by His first name?
 
Crumpy said:
The Jews and now Catholics (especially Benedict XVI) didn’t make up that rule about not pronouncing YHVH or YHWH to alienate you.

It was a very ancient name of God, going back to the oldest parts of the Bible (and its traditions).

The fact is, the name was used fairly often, in Genesis for example, but the suggestion of the commentaries is that God had not revealed the meaning of that Name.

After a while, when the wilderness Temple was being used, and maybe into the time of the other Temples, the name was used by the high priests, and then only on the Day of Atonement, when they entered the Holy of Holies.

It got so, even they forgot how to pronounce it. Recall, Hebrew does not have any vowels, as you probably know. Tetragrammaton means the four consonants. It would be profane not to pronounce the Holy Name correctly, so the Jews used to say Adonai instead.

Now, nobody knows what Adonai means exactly, although it is given the traditional translation of “the LORD” with Lord in all capitals to signify the tetragrammaton. It has other traditional translations, such as “the Almighty.” It may be derived from words that may mean “the rock” or “the mountain” in their literal meaning.

Some Jews do not even use the word Adonai,for the reason given above, and may use the word hashem (“name”) instead.

Baruch Hashem! Blessed be the Name of the Lord!

We don’t want to disobey the commandment to use the name of the Lord in vain.

Supposedly there are 72 names or titles of God in the OT. Maybe the Divine purpose is that “in the fullness of time” we would learn the only name we need to know and use, and that is the holy name of Jesus (“God is salvation”). We are told in the NT that there is only one name under heaven by which we are saved.
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// thank you crumpy for your reply…i was looking more into why members here at c.a.f do not like God’s name in the sacred scriptures (in their bibles)…i never understood why they dislike it…

// now as for YHVH and Adonai, i did find in the douai-rheims (challoner) edition under exodus chapter 6 verse 3 this below (i also found the possible pronunciation which is about the same as below):
My name Adonai. The name which is in the Hebrew text, is that most proper name of God, which signifieth his eternal, self-existent being, Ex. 3. 14, which the Jews out of reverence never pronounce; but, instead of it, whenever it occurs in the Bible, they read Adonai, which signifies the Lord; and therefore, they put the points or vowels, which belong to the name Adonai, to the four letters of that other ineffable name Jod, He, Vau, He. Hence some moderns have framed the name Jehovah, unknown to all the ancients, whether Jews or Christians; for the true pronunciation of the name, which is in the Hebrew text, by long disuse, is now quite lost.
Canto said:
Should kids call their teachers by their first name?
Should interviewers call the president by his first name?
Should we call our father by his first name?
Should we call our Father by His first name?
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// who in the world ever mentioned about calling one by their first name??? do you not know how to read??? my question is about why some people (here at c.a.f) dislike God’s name (in the bible)…this has “nothing” to do with calling God by his first name! it is simply about why some dislike God’s name being used in the sacred scriptures (the bible)…
 
Jehuty_X said:
// who in the world ever mentioned about calling one by their first name??? do you not know how to read??? my question is about why some people (here at c.a.f) dislike God’s name (in the bible)…this has “nothing” to do with calling God by his first name! it is simply about why some dislike God’s name being used in the sacred scriptures (the bible)…
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No one dislikes God’s name of course
Some just don’t like it used in Bible translations though
The illustration I gave is why many don’t like His name used in a Bible
Right or wrong, it’s out of r-e-s-p-e-c-t
 
Canto said:
No one dislikes God’s name of course
Some just don’t like it used in Bible translations though
The illustration I gave is why many don’t like His name used in a Bible
Right or wrong, it’s out of r-e-s-p-e-c-t
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// well next time please answer instead of giving some illustration… 😉

// so can this be everyone’s response to my question???
 
Jehuty_X said:
// well next time please answer instead of giving some illustration… 😉

// so can this be everyone’s response to my question???
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I give some insight from Hebrew scripture "God’s proper name is YHWH.But here(Ex3:14) God first tells moses It’s meaning:Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh’best translated’I Will Be What I Become’meaning “My nature will become evident By My actions”
The Lord;Heb. states God’s name YHWH.Adonai (my Lord) is pronounced instead of YHWH every time the Name appears.In Second temple, as an expression of reverence, Jews began to avoid uttering it substituting “Adonai” and other surrogates like “HaShem” “The Name”.
Over time the pronunciation of the Holy Name was forgotten and lost in the midst of time.
And to pronounce the Name wrongly would be considered sacreligious.
 
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